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World's tallest thermometer in Baker may soon have new owner

Truck drivers frequent the area around Baker, Calif., Thursday, November 9, 2012. Travelers to and from Las Vegas would use the thermometer to gage the temperature during their trip.
Anibal Ortiz / KPCC

Wendy Lee|January 3, 2013

The world’s tallest thermometer may one day be the desert’s biggest digital billboard.

At least those are the aspirations of two national advertising firms who want to buy the 134-foot tall icon in Baker, Calif. Baron Castillo, a broker with Coldwell Banker Commercial in Sherman Oaks who is handling the sale, declined to identify the companies. He said they want to use it to reach drivers on Interstate 15.